New York Congressman Chris Collins Indicted on Insider Trading Charges

Chris Collins has been indicted on insider trading charges, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The indictment also names his son, Cameron Collins, and Stephen Zarsky, the father of his son’s fiancée. The fraud counts relate to securities of an Australian biotechnology company called Innate Immunotherapeutics, where the congressman served on the board.

Among the charges, the defendants are accused of multiple counts of securities fraud, along with one count of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count each of making false statements.

Ability to print guns ‘critical issue’ for law enforcement around the world: Goodale

Minister Ralph Goodale said local police forces, the RCMP, their counterparts in the U.S. and Interpol are all troubled by the potential to photocopy a weapon presumably meaning to create one using 3D printing that would be usable to cause harm to other people.

Do not drink the water when in parts of NE and NW D.C. because of a problem, officials said.

D. C. Residents living in parts of the northwest and northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said after a problem occurred in a pumping station.

The warning came from D.C. Water on Friday, as officials at the agency said residents should “cook their water and drink until further notice” if they live in certain areas.

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DC residents in parts of northwest and northeastern Washington are advised to cook their water at a pumping station until further notice before drinking.

Residents are advised to boil their water when they have little water pressure or after 20:30 no water left. on the 12th of July. Those who have no water service are advised to cook the water when service is restored, authorities said.

If customers do not have low water pressure and do not live in the affected areas, they do not have to cook their water, officials said.

Officials said the advice to boil the water is reversed when determining “the water is safe.” It was not immediately clear if that would, but DC Water said in a statement that customers would be “notified immediately if the notice is lifted.”

OYO Acquires AblePlus to Strengthen Technology Portfolio

OYO has acquired Mumbai-based Internet of Things (IoT) technology company, AblePlus to enhance and strengthen its technology portfolio. With this partnership, OYO aims to create a sustainable ecosystem powered by technology and artificial intelligence for managing hotels and assets.

The company claims that with the implementation of IoT-enabled operations, customers will be able to experience highlights such as self-check-ins supported by the Digital Arrival and Departure Register, Self KYC with Aadhar and IoT server managed smart locks. With this, it plans to achieve improved operational efficiency, thus creating a superior stakeholder experience.

AblePlus was founded in 2016 by Akash Goel and Bonish Gandhi. It develops IoT systems for the hospitality industry.

The startup has created and deployed a slew of solutions such as internet-managed smart access control for properties, remote monitoring and control of utilities and asset fencing to detect theft of items in real time.

OYO said the implementation of IoT-enabled operations will help customers to check-in by themselves.

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The Solid Waste Management Rules came into force on or about April 8, 2016. We are two years down the line, but we are shocked to know that more than two-third of the States/UTs in the country have not yet complied with the basic requirement of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016,” the bench said.

The top court slapped a fine of Rs one lakh each on Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Punjab, Lakshadweep and Puducherry for not filing the affidavit despite earlier directions.

The bench also slapped a fine of Rs two lakh each on “remaining defaulting states/UTs” whose lawyers were also not present in the court room during the hearing, without naming these states.

“One final opportunity is given to these States/UTs to comply with the laws governing India, failing which we may have to call the Chief Secretary of the concerned States/UTs to inform us why the laws governing India are not applicable to these States/UTs,” it said and posted the matter for further hearing on August 7.

It said that the costs should be deposited within two weeks from today with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee for being used on juvenile justice issues.